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The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland that regulates and facilitates international trade. Governments use the organization to establish, revise, and enforce the rules that govern international trade in cooperation with the United Nations System .
- History of the World Trade Organization
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an intergovernmental...
- Accession and Membership
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- Timeline of the World Trade Organization
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- History of the World Trade Organization
The director-general of the World Trade Organization is the officer of the World Trade Organization (WTO) responsible for supervising and directing the organization's administrative operations.
No.Name And DatesTerm(start)Term(end)7Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala(born 1954)1 March 2021Incumbent6Roberto Azevêdo(born 1957)1 September 201731 August 20206Roberto Azevêdo(born 1957)1 September 201331 August 20175Pascal Lamy(born 1947)1 September 200931 August 2013- 1 January 1995
- Madam Director-General, (informal), Her Excellency, (diplomatic)
- Four years, renewable
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The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. At its heart are the WTO agreements, negotiated and signed by the bulk of the world’s trading nations and ratified in their parliaments.
Who we are. The overall objective of the WTO is to help its members use trade as a means to raise living standards, create jobs and improve people’s lives. The WTO operates the global system of trade rules and helps developing countries build their trade capacity.
